Newcastle University

roryf

Thinking of going there, but don't have much experience of the place and unfortunately I missed the open day this week. The next one is in October.
Opinions of the place and the university?

Red Lemon

Good luck understanding the locals.

blacksun

It's Newcastle.. don't take your bike or anything of value with you.

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Sir HC

What course ?

Dr_Death

Newcastle is a great city. Ignore the naysayers....

Plus you could get to come and ride with us - not sure if that is a good point or a bad point. Night life is ace, union is dirt cheap (and officially consumes more alcohol than any other building in th UK despite being shut for 6-8 weeks over summer) the uni has a pretty good MTB club (so I'm told - look out for Stato he was a member).

Accomodation is pretty cheap c.f. the rest of the country and the locals are (mostly) harmeless.

What course are you doing??

will_15

just finished my first year at newcaslte uni.. its quality, love it!

the city is amazing, the geordies are friendly people, the clubs are quality, alcohol is dirt cheap (eg. £5.50 for 3 treble spirit and mixers - yes, you heard.. 3 of them, and that in bars in the middle of the city), its a beautiful city too. taxis are cheap as well, start at £1.

as for the uni, its a traditional red brick established uni, so has quality heritage etc. wide range of course, good quality lecture rooms and timetable was good for me.

accommodation is all good in the first year, id recommend castle leazes for the catered banter, or richardson road if you want to go self catering. all the other accommo is top quality, but smaller and in less central locations.

can't fault the place myself. beach nearby, good metro underground transport system, good bus network, good mtb club with lots of riding happening and overall a quality city. do it!

urbanfatboy

Great night life, near the river, fairly near the beach near some cracking countryside not full of London / Thames estuary wannabes. Friendliest people this side of the border. In all honesty, if you're from dahn sarf, treat it with caution, the culture shock might just be too great for you.

Cazzdevil

Newcastle is a top place, I've lived here all my life and haven't encountered any problems whatsoever, and the accent isn't THAT hard to understand... No more so than Brummy or Cockney...

Night life - great
People - great
Living - great
Riding - great
Unis - great

What's not to like?!

rob cole

I went to Newcastle Polytechnic (northumbia) for 4 yeas and loved the city so much i stayed another year after finishing my Degree

fantastic riding..we had a very active mountain bike club and used to go racing all over the N-East and big group rides out to Chopwell Woods, Prudhoe, etc. on Wednesday and Sundays..sometimes 30 riders out each day! we had a bunch of friends from the University who also came out riding with the Polytechnic bike club

Newcastle was the home of Jason Mcroy and Hardisty Cycles (now Edinburgh Co-Operative?) in Byker who i ended up working for and then riding for on their XC and DH team,

I'd highly recommend Newcastle, friendly locals, great nightlife (house parties and warehouse raves!!) cheap living, excellent riding and several good bike shops..if you are into BMX at all, it has one of the strongest BMX scenes in the UK, you have the awesome outdoor skatepark in Exhibition Park across from the University

Dr_Death

I used to work at Hardistys as well, when I was at Uni. What a coincidence......

You must have been there before me though coz the teams were defunct when I worked there...

Rigid Raider

My family moved there from Oxfordshire when I was 15. We soon fell in love with the city, the cheeky Geordies, the superb empty countryside, it's a top place to live. Sadly MTBs hadn't been invented then....

roryf

I'm sure I wrote this in the old thread on MBUK, but it's gone from here :?
Anyway, course is either Mechanical Engineering or Marine Engineering.
Agriculture will be my backup if I don't get the grades.

jjojjas

Its a great place, you'll love it.
I live near Newcastle and sometimes lecture there. Worked all over the UK and find it possibly the best area to live.
Prices are ok, alcohol is popular... locals are friendly and don't generally have their heads stuck up there ar5e unlike many less friendly areas I have experienced south of here :roll: . The city is a cool place to be with plenty bars/bistro's cafe's with a pretty good mixed culture thing going on.
Outside the city.....which doesn't take long to get out of... you'll find loads of good cycle track, routes, a few XC routes and a DH track within a 45 min drive. Lots of road riding clubs, XC and a surprisingly healthy DH scene going on. Some of the local bike shops have a decent amount of info on this stuff when you get there. The Uni has a good reputation also.
enjoy
Jas

Ghost Donkey

My sister did psychology there. She loved it so much she stayed for a couple of years after graduation.

pugwashcp

I went there to do Marine Eng. and absolutely loved it.

Unfortunately spent too much time in the bar and on the rugby field and when I had to take a job to keep my finances afloat I ended up dropping out. Probably my biggest regret so far

But if you put the hours in and get the work done then I can't think of anywhere better to study.

nirveous

My brother went to Northumbria Uni (it's in Newcastle, there are two unis there). He's finished his second year, he likes it so much up there he is probably going to live there. There are some rough bits, I wouldn't love to go into Byker after dark, but the same goes for any city. I'm probably going to go up and see him sometime in Newcastle, so I shall make my own assessment about it then.

rob cole

I lived on campus in the 1st year, the moved out to Heaton for years 2-4, then moved ot Byker after graduating

i didn't find byker at all rough, but i knew plenty of locals from partying and riding, so felt at home even in the Byker Wall

having said that, i remember in my 1st year when i started working for Hardisty Cycles, we had the 1st Specialized FSR bike in the UK and within 30 minutes of hitting the showroom floor it had been nicked and the thief took off into the "Byker Wall"

the Police would not go in there, so a couple of us on bikes rode around inside the wall looking for the bike, anything to avoid the wrath of Margaret Hardisty, most of the staff were more scared of her than anything you'd find in Byker !!

Patrick Stevens

will_15 wrote:

just taxis are cheap as well, start at £1.

!

How much is a journey though?

Dr_Death

Aaaah Marg Hardisty.....


Sadly missed, what a great boss.

geordiepaul2001

Newcastle is a great place no matter what you are looking for.
From great nightlife, to great coastal scenery it is all within easy reach.

As for the Byker Wall, its a shame its listed - it is with us forever now :?

ahsatb

Ok, I'm at Durham, but same area and go to Newcastle a reasonable amount. Cracking place, awesome people, brilliant location for countryside, beach and city life. Plus only 2 hours from Glentress and 2 hours from Dalby with the North Pennines, Hamsterley, Chopwell and Cheviots all within a stones throw. What more do you need, apart from on the odd occasion a geordie dictionary?!

shorty15

tax dodgers